Time to read: 3 minutesToday I had a Miele repairperson visit, and as I was rolling away the rug from in front of the washing machine, I thought… “I should wipe those breakfast crumbs”. My mother’s voice was in my head. 🤦♀️ “If it is clean and orderly, visitors will respect the space. If it is a mess, they […] continue reading »
Time to read: 3 minutesFlâner is a very Parisian verb. It means to meander, to walk about aimlessly enjoying the moment and perhaps even getting lost. It is also one of my favourite things to do. Getting lost in London is almost easy, the city is so huge, and there’s rarely any sun to orient oneself by. After 18 […] continue reading »
Time to read: 6 minutesThe tagline of NaNoWriMo is “50’000 words in 30 days”. It’s a quantity over quality challenge, but even if you don’t care how bad what you write is, you still need to have a theme or story you can keep writing about. I’ve tried all sorts of topics In 2010, I “won” NaNo. I finished […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutesI have been journaling since I could hold a pen, and doing some variant of Bullet Journaling since discovering it maybe five or six years ago. I even started a Bullet Journal Addicts meetup in London (https://www.meetup.com/bujo-addicts/) so I could share what I am doing with like-minded people and see how they worked too. At […] continue reading »
Time to read: 7 minutesThe forest I built a little forest. Or so I call it. My corridor has a bend. It makes a right angle to the right, that you can’t see from the entrance. So in that part of the hidden corridor, a part I only transit through – like all corridors – I hid a forest. […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutesMy friend found a ceramics workshop at the V&A. Turns out we cast a few clay things in molds, and were shown all sorts of ways to turn them into interactive objects. The only thing we were given was an RFID tag, so I decided to make a page it could take you to and […] continue reading »
Time to read: 3 minutesYou don’t have to only go to Greece in the summer. I mean… it’s AWESOME in the summer. Especially if you like spending time on a beach to read, listen to music, play some tavli (backgammon in them foreign parts), drink cold coffee, and swim. But if you’re not into any of those things, then […] continue reading »
Time to read: 2 minutesEvery January, I get an email from at least one person in the world asking me if I’ll do the Linear Calendar again. Of course I will! I need it too!! :) The original Linear Calendar, launched in 2015, is precisely laid out to be printed on three sheets of A4 and stuck together to […] continue reading »
Time to read: 3 minutes2017 marks the 15th year (probably) that I attempted National November (or Novel) Writing Month. Under the premise of “50’000 words in 30 days”, people write like mad within a month, spurring writing sessions in pubs, lively conversations online, and millions of lines written globally. I’ve tried to do it at least a dozen times. […] continue reading »
Time to read: 7 minutesOne of the biggest perks of freelancing is that I get compulsory free time in between projects. One of the biggest downsides of freelancing is that I get compulsory free time in between projects. I used to have my anxiety shoot through the roof at that time… “will I find something else?” “When?” “Who will […] continue reading »